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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Rev. DIR. Meredith,s Method.

I get text-that is the first thing-and
I get that text in the ordinary, every day
study of the Bible and without any special
reference to making sermon. / hold
that in my mind with others. Occa-
sionally ! take it up and think about it,
what's in it and what belongs to 1t. /
study up the points that occur to me in
connection with it. When believe there
Is need for the truth that is in that text,
perhaps after weeks and months Of the
study of it, take it up and find the most
logical and forcible way Of treating the
matter. I sometimes write a skeleton Of
it, and sometimes write it out in full
and frequently don't write word of it
until after have preached it. When /
preach sermon like that one of two
things occurs, either feel that did the
best could with it and lose interest in it
or see far more in it than ever dreamed
of; my interest in it is intensified and I
keep to work at it. Ipreach it over and
over again or exchange at installations
and special services, remaking it, too,
every time, and thus it grows. When
ever it gets its growth and can do no
more with it my interest in it is gone. I
write it out in full and lay it away. At
the end of more than twenty years in the
passionate have about 300 such sermons.
-"J. A. Mex" in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
A Grip on the Subject.

A tall old lady dressed in black, with a
business like air and water wave curls,
sailed into one of the large drygoods
stores in Twenty-third street, and declin-
ing the service of floor walker, made
directly for the Grape counter.
She had rather preoccupied air as she
examined the stock, and the oblging
clerk remarked affably: "We have very
large fall stock of grapes, madame. Just
let me show you some fine French goods,
very popular now for all kinds of mourn
ing. These light weight grapes are all
the rage in half mourning for cousins.
May-may ask, madame" he added
hesitatingly, "for whom you arein mourn
ingr'
Husband, said the customer laconi-
cally. 49,,
"Ah, yes, then have just the material
you want. For husbands the fall styles
are''-
young man." interrupted the old lady
severely, as she adjusted her spectacles,
81 am very much obliged for your ex-
plantations. You may know considerable
about Grape and fashions, but buried my
fourth husband yesterday morning, and I
reckon I've got tolerable grip on the
subject. New York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Thought He Had Heart Disease.

When stories Of physical bravery are
being told I am reminded of a remarkable
incident that happened this summer at the
seashore. My mother-in-law, while bath.
ing, was seized by the undertow and was
being carried out to sea, and in imminent
danger of being drowned. A pale, delicate
looking gentleman was standing on the
beach near by. He saw the danger of the
lady and was painfully excited. SIT will
cost me my life, but I can't stand here and
see that lady drown before my eyes," he
said. Then he threw off his coat and
plunged into the waves, and after des-
perate struggle brought her to the shore.
People crowded around to congratulate
him upon his bravery. 81 am, indeed, to
be congratulated" he replied. "This mo-
ment is worth millions to me. For years
have been treated for heart disease, and
warned that any sudden excitement would
cause my death. This experience has con-
WINGED me that l have no disease of the
heart, and I feel as if my life had been
turned back twenty years. Congress
man Glover in Globe Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
New Invention in Calico Printing.

A correspondent writes: "The stimuli
taneous' process of color printing promises
to entirely revolutionize some classes of
calico, velvet and velveteen printing, and
also the printing of advertisements in
colors. The novel character of the stimuli
taneous' process will be at once under
stood when mention that by it, if required,
1000 shades could be printed off at one
impression. Instead of using engraved
rollers as in ordinary calico printing, or
stones as in the case of colored advertise
ments, the designs of pictures are built
up in a case of solid colors specially pre-
pared, somewhat after the style of mosaic
work. A portion is then cut or sliced off
about an inch in thickness, and this
wrapped round a cylinder, and the COM
position has only to be kept moist and any
number of impressions can be printed off
on calico, velvet or velveteen, the colors
being thoroughly fast. Mercantile Ga
Zett0.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15

The treatment Of many thousands Of cases
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woman's peculiar ailments.
it impaFts strength to The f whole SYSTEM system:
and ,d to the womb and its sppendages II
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keepers, nursing mothers and feeble women
generally. DR.: Pierce's Favorite Prescription
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neryine, Favorite Prescription" is une-
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"Favorite Prescription" is posi-.
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P Iver Kdney and Badaas
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Large bottles goo doses) $1.OO, or six
bottles Tor $500.
For large, illustrated Treatise on Diseases Of
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Making Imnroxements.

A Detroit drummer has often stopped
with an old farmer near a country store,
getting supper, lodging and breakfast, for
which he was charged seventy-five cents.
On his last trip he was surprised when he
asked the amount of his bill to be told
that it was S2- He demonstrated with
the farmer and wanted to know why his
bill was larger than common. "Wall, "
said the landlord, ST hev been maxim
some improvements.
'But had the same bed and the meals
were no BETTER" replied the commercial
man. what improvements have you
nader
"Jest step out here an I will show
you," replied mine host, and he led the
guest out on the porch and pointed to a
sign reading, "Hotel. detroit Free
Press
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
rhe british ARMY Rifle.

According to Sir Henry Halford, the
new army rifle is to have very small
bore, about 0.3 inch, and win be repeat
ing rifle with q magazine holding ten
shots. Owing to the reduction of bore
each soldier win be able to carry 166
rounds into action as easily as 100 rounds
Of the present ammunition. The trajec-
tory of the arm win be very fat, so that
it Is expected as good shooting will be
made at 1000 yards with the new rifle as
was made at 600 yards with the Martini
Henry and at the same the recoil will be
reduced to one-third that of the present
arm.-Scientific American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
THE QUEST.

Upi Saddle thy steed, my doughty squire,
This do an thou lowest me-
Ride fast through burn and brake and brier
Till Duncan's castle thou see.
And when thou in the kings stronghold
To the stables thee has hied,
Straight to the groom thy quest unfold
(which princess is the brides'
Saith he: "'Tis the one with the nut brown
hair"
Ride for thy life to me;
But is't my love, the maiden fair,
Such haste there need not be.
Then buy for me hempen cord,
So I my weird shall dree,
And ride thou slow, speak never word,
The rope bring back to me.
From Heine by Lee Phillips.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
moved the inssensibie men,

moved the insensibie men,
But would other nations permit rs to
use such projectile?" I asked.
swell, suppose they don't; what is to
prevent us from filling our channels with
tin barrels containing this chemical? II
an enemy enter one of our ports when
we don't want her, she does it at her own
risk; il she happen to stir up nasty
smell in doing SO, thatds her own misfor
tune"
''But that is the Chinese stinkpot idea
over again." demonstrated.
'fWell, what of it? 1t is certainly far
more merciful to fire at an enemy some
thing that will only temporarily disable
him than to kill him outright or tear off
his arms or legs by bursting shells. -
New York Cor Chicago Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Nicaraguan Timber.

Tropical and subtropical woods, accord
ing to Professor r. n. Thurston, are usu-
ally distinguished by extraordinary size,
strength, hardness, soGdity and durabil-
fly. Among some thirty specimens to
which special tests were applied: there
were some like mahogany In appearance
and quality, while others resembled oaks
and other hard woods of our forests, but
excelled them in density, strength, elias
ITCHY and durability. These, and many
other woods which exist in enormous
quantities in Central American forests,
may prove of great value for many pur.
poses, but their hardness is often serious
objection. Traveller.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Most schooied and Least Tauebt.

There was a bitter truth in tho famous
saying that Americans are the most
schooled and the least taught of nations.
The prevalence of cheap papers, the scat
ering of popular science journals and
primers, the success of the ''lyceum
lecture systems, point, it seems to
us, to want rather than fullness of
intellectual life. These entertainments
teach a man not to think, but to dispense
with thinking. Hoods definition of
transformation" as "a higgledy -piggle-
dy want of intelligence, acquired by
young ladies at boarding school,, might
be enlarged to cover the mental acquisi-
tions of most of us in the day school of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Wires I'm New Orleans.

In New Orleans, where the soil is water
logged three feet beneath the surface,
they get over the difficulty Of putting tele-
graph and telephone wires underground
by erecting strong towers $50 feet high at
intervals, and bracing them together with
cables Of steel wire rope. These cables
support the cross arms, ETC., to which the
telegraph and telephone wires are at
tached, and the wires are securely carried
above the public streets. The towers are
also utilized for IRE extinguishing pur-
poses, as q standpipe, with nozzles at diff
ferent elevations, is fitted to each tower.
Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Miscellaneous Features.

will Comprise several illustrated articles on
Irelaad. by Charles Dekay; papers touching
the deld G1 the sunday school lesson. Illus
trated by l.. l.. Wilson; wild western Lille, by
Theodore Roosevelt: the English Cathedrais.
by Mrs. van ReasseIuer, with II ustrations
by Pennei: Dr. BucAiey's valuable papers
ON Dreams, Spirituaiisin, aud Clalrvoyance:
= says IN crltlc SIN, art travel aud oios ra-
play; pt,emS; cartoons; etc.
by "a SpvcIat off hs nunlbers TO- The past
YEAR, containing the Lincoln history m9y
TIE. secured with yeats subscription FROM
November, 1857. twenty four ISSUES an all, for
So. Gr, With The lat yeas numbers hand
>omeiN bound, 81 ST.
Pus,' shed az tt,e 4n,nly Co., IS East 18th
SttNeI NsN-YorK
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Rudeness Rebuked by a Plumber.

A plumber was sent to the house Of q
wealthy stock broker, says an exchange,
to execute some repairs. He was taken
by the butler into the dining room, and
was beginning his work when the lady Of
the house entered. "John," said she,
with suspicious glance toward the
plumber, remove the silver from the
sideboard and lock it up at once" But
the man of lead was in no wise discon-
certed. 'sTom," said he to his apprentice,
who accompanied him, "take my watch
and my chain and these coppers home to
my missus at once. There seems to be
dishonest people about this house. ~
Chicago Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
The Department of Justice.

WAsHSGToE, Dec. 6.-The annual re-
port Of Attorney General Garland gives
q full account of the business of the de-
partment of justice during the last fiscal
year, together with the statistics of crime
against the United States. The number
of ordinary suits now pending in the
sum of 81, go, 900. The petitions fled
in the French spoliation cases number
$500, representing, 2, 4S6 vessels and
about $50, 900, 900. The amount reported
In favor Of claimants In eighty-one Of
these cases passed upon Is about 425, GOO,
7sr3ips = Gaul fE2@ lga p 81. ala
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15

1t Is now proposed to do away with the
use OF explosives in mines where their use
Is attended with danger and substitute a
cartridge, one portion Of which is filed
with q mixture of finely divided zinc and
zinc oxide, which collects in the conden-
sers Of the zinc retort, while the other part
Is filed with dilute sulphuric acid. This
cartridge is to be put in place as usual,
and then, by suitable mechanism, the acid
allowed to TOW into the zinc Hydrogen
Is then evolved, and by its expansive force
the rock is broken down, without COM
bustion or violent explosion. New York
Nal md EpresR
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
THE couNIRYs CASH.
Annual Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-The secretary of
the treasury has sent his annual report to
congress. The ordinary revenues of the
government from all sources for the fiscal
year ended June-SO, 1887, were, receipts,
$371, 403, 277.66.. The ordinary expendi-
lures were $315, 1886, 428.12, leaving a sur
plus of $50, 567, S49.5 As compared with
the fiscal year 1886, the receipts for 1887
have increased $34, 963, $50. go. The in
crease of expenditures was SIS, AS, 041. Al,
leaving net increase Of $25, Al, 941- AZ.
Excluding the sinking fund the esti-
mated expenditures for 1883 viii be
$278, 686, 6S4 SO, showing surplus of
S1O4. 1866. 81.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
KEENAN, on Siberia.

Except the Life of Lincoln and the war
articles, no more importent series has ever
been undertaken by the Century than this
alton of four years. travel and study in
Russia and Siberia, the author undertook
Journey of 5000 miles for the special inses-
tIgaiIon hele required An introduction
trem the Russ an Minister of the Interior
admitted him To the principal mines and
prisons where he became acquainted with
some three hundred State exIieS Liberals,
NtniIlsts. and otbers-and the series W i'll be
staItllug as wei as accurate rev eiatton Of
,t9p & x4Ie system The many Illustrations
nv the artist and photographed, air. George
= Frost who accom.}@ MED the author, will
ll.i ureHI4N 10 lhe Vait,t II the trLlcIrS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
3 Months Free!
THE CENTURY.

With the November, 1887, issue The Cen
w fury commences its thirty. IF volume
wi IN a regular circulation of almost 100000
The War Papers and the Life OF Lincoln in
creas ed Its monthly edition by 100000. The
latter history having recounted the events
of Lincoln's early years, and given the neces-
sary survey of the political condition of the
country. reaches a new period. with which
his secretaries were most Intimately &C.
on oil IIndpr ha cEI MI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Not Sold by the Foot.

Stranger Ito Kansas City real estate
owner)-What's that corner lot worth by
the foots
Real Estate Owner Tin q hush tone of
voice)-Great heavens, stranger, you don't
s'posc I'd sell q lot like that by the foot?
Why, that lot goes by the inch.-The
Epoch. ' -.-..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
The Edition. Mary Mapes Dodre.

Author of "Hans Beinker; or, The Silver
skates" and other popular booRs for young
folks--and for grown-up folks-too, has a re-
markabie faculty tor knowing and enter
taining children Under her SIX illful leader
shin 81. Nicholas brings to thousands of
homes on both sides OF The water knowledge
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
SUPPLEMENTARY War Papers

following the battle series by distinguished
generals, Will describe Interesting feature,
OF army lie, tunneling from LIBBY Prison
narratives ofpersonal adventure, etc Gen
eral Sherman will write on "The Crane
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
A Novel hy Eggleston

" -. liiusIr;li ions " III Ian through the year.
shorter novels VIII follow by Cable aud
Stock ton. shorter hctfons VIII appear every
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
4. Nicholas in England

n Is not alone in America that st. Nicho-
las mas made it's great success The London
Times SAYS: at is above anything we pro-
duce in the same line.n The Scotsman says:
where is no No egazine that can successfully
xw3f 4 /.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
rha COMING year of So. Nicholas.

The fif,eenth year begging with the number
for November, 1857, and the publishers can
announce; Serial and Short Stories by MIS-.
Frances H.dgson Burnett, Frank r. Stock
ton. ia. H Boyesen, Joel Chandler Harris, ]
4. Trow bridge, Col Richa I'd nj johnson
Louisa NJ Alcott, Professor Alfred Church
William II. Rideing, Washington GLADDEN.
Harriet Prescott spoford. Amelia E. Barr.
Frances. Courtenay Bay Tor, Harriet Upton,
and many Others Edmund Alton will write
q series Of paper on the Routine Of the Re
public'-oow the President works at the
White House, and how the affairs of the
Treasury, the State and Departments. etc.,
are conducted; Joseph 0'Brien. well known
Australian Journalist. will describe The
Great Island Contisenf;" Elizabeth Robins
Pepneil will tell of .sLundon Christmas Pan.
tomimes'' Alice In Wonderland, etc.e John
Burroughs will write Meadow and Wood
land Talks with Young Folk j" etc, etc. Mrs
Burnett's short short serial Will be, the edl-
tor saws worthy successor to her famous
"Little Lord Eauntleroy,s which appeared
In ST. Nicholas.
Why not try st. Nicholas this ar for
the young people of the house? Send us
IS. or subscribe through booksellers and
newsdealers. The Century co. East S3 7th
st. New xork
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1t is Absurd

For people to expect cure fos Indiges-
ton, unless they refrain from eating
what is unwholesome but If anything
will sharpen the appetite and give tone
to the digestive organs, it is Ayers Sar-
saparilla. Thousands all over the lard
testify to the merits of this medicine.
Mrs. Sarah Burroughs, of 24S Eighth
street, South Boston, writes: my hus
band has taken Ayers Sarsaparilla, for
Dyspepsia and torpid liver, and has
been greatly benefited"
A Confirmed Dyspeptic.
@. Canterbury, of al Franklin ST.,
Boston, Mass, writes, that, suffering
for years from Indigestion, he was at
last induced to try Ayers Sarsaparilla
and, by its use, was entirely cured.
Mrs. Joseph Aubin, of High street,
Holyoke, Mass, suffered for over year
from Dyspepsia, so that she could not
eat substantial food, became very weak,
and was unable to care for her family.
Neither the medicines prescribed by
physicians, nor any of the remedies
advertised for the cure of Dyspepsia,
helped her, until she commenced the
use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. "Three
bottles of this medicine" she writes,
"cured me.'
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
PREPARED BY
Or. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; six bottles, IS. Worth IS bottle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
Lincoln i'm the Wars

the writer's now enter on the more i'm port
ant part of their arlatiye, viz: the early
years of the War and president Llncoln's
rart therein.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-15
St. Nicholas.
For Young Folks.

Since its first issue, 1874, this magazine has
maintained, with undispuied recognition,
the position il took at The begInning-the of
bel ng the most excellent Juvenile PERIODICAL
ever printed. The best known names in lit
erature were on its list of contributors from
the start-ByraDt, LongfeHow. Thos Hughes
George MacD, Maid. Bret Harte, Bayard Tay-
lor. Frances Hodgson Burnett, James
Fields John g. Whittier; indeed the list is SO
long that il would be easier TO tell the few
authors of note who have not contributed to
ssthe worlds child magazine"
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Worth ten times its cost for cleaning seed
grain alone. 1t will not pay . farmer to
market dirt when he can clean his grain at
q trifiing cost.